Facebook Got Crushed Todayhttp://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-is-getting-crushed-today-2012-9/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:26:46 -0400Jay Yarowhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50640fe66bb3f71879000014rokcyvai Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:35:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50640fe66bb3f71879000014
Add a comment...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5063bd40ecad043c0b00000eJohn Kneaded DoughWed, 26 Sep 2012 22:43:12 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5063bd40ecad043c0b00000e
How about a $1.50? Rollback the clock ten years, and we're looking at residual dot-com fever. I think subscriber social sites will exist longer if FB maintains its current model. Even as the FB game apps found means of carving out premium sections of their "free" games, Facebook will move toward a basic, premium, and ultra package format for subscribers. Similar to Yahoo! and Google! which offer free services but stack up extra benefits for paying subscribers.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5061b426ecad04d96900000eannoying dudeTue, 25 Sep 2012 09:39:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5061b426ecad04d96900000e
Interesting read .. although the term "profit center" is misused in relation to Yahoo Search.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060eaae69bedd946f000006Mike WalkerMon, 24 Sep 2012 19:20:14 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060eaae69bedd946f000006
The CONCEPT of sharing everything you do with the world is a fad.
Some narcissistic people will continue to use facebook 'look at me' types. For the rest of us, FB will turn more and more boring. Some lame friend from highschool posted what he ate for lunch. Fun.....http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060e9546bb3f75d31000003Mike WalkerMon, 24 Sep 2012 19:14:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060e9546bb3f75d31000003
I hope you didn't miss out on AOL stock! They had the most subscribers.
Don't want to miss out on that one...
Sorry, but people have to use facebook for it to sell ads. Most people I know don't use it much anymore. They have accounts that they haven't logged into in weeks/months.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060e8866bb3f7092b000009Mike WalkerMon, 24 Sep 2012 19:11:02 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060e8866bb3f7092b000009
Facebook will go down in history as the only firm that 'pulled one' on wall street.
They suckered bankers, hedge funds, the 1%, to buy a stock worth AT MOST $5 for $50. Hahaha. Idiots.
My advise to the 1%, get out while you can. IMO, facebook goes to $2.50 a share before it becomes a myspace. It's the internet people. Websites, ideas, concepts don't last but a few years.... You really think twitter will be around in 10 years? Neither will facebook.
They're 1 privacy mess up away from internet obscurity.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060d7ad69bedd2942000003CanItMakeMoney?Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:59:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060d7ad69bedd2942000003
Facebook might be the biggest site of the decade, but can it make money worth its reputation?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060d5f8eab8ea1b5f00000eVix-TraderMon, 24 Sep 2012 17:51:52 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060d5f8eab8ea1b5f00000e
You people are complicating a very simple issue of valuation:
Right now: Facebook is worth about 5$, if that. Based on revenues and a fair current P/E, about 5$.
Future: Nobody knows. Maybe 50$, maybe 500$, maybe 0$
The fact is Facebook currently is worth next to nothing. If nothing dramatic changes, it's going to tank really hard. The big question is, what will it be worth in a year, 5 years, 20 years? That's where the debate is.
I'd like to see more articles on potential future business, rather than what it is right now. Where are the responsible analysts when you need em? Why don't you guys just tell the average Joe investor that facebook has an equal chance of going to zero as it has to going over 100$ and just call it what it is:
A HUGE gamble of an investment !http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060d07169bedd192e00000cDr. MarioMon, 24 Sep 2012 17:28:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060d07169bedd192e00000c
If you are arguing that Facebook has no long term business because more and more people are using AdBlock then that argument can be applied to the entire web. If anything Facebook is the least affected by an increased use of AdBlock on the web as more and more of its traffic is mobile where there is no AdBlock software.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060c80869bedd431f000001ValleySwaggerMon, 24 Sep 2012 16:52:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060c80869bedd431f000001
There are no rumors, books, articles, or even "mythology" stemming from their early days in the industry. So, you can continue to defend a person that has "numerous" ethical and legal violations all you want, and I'll continue to tell you that the worse anyone can say about the real Silicon Valley legends is that they are pricks.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060bd78eab8ea9c2b000009BiCurious GeorgeMon, 24 Sep 2012 16:07:20 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060bd78eab8ea9c2b000009
Facebook=the CB radio of the 2000'shttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060bc27eab8eac228000004aldahliaMon, 24 Sep 2012 16:01:43 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060bc27eab8eac228000004
Mobile advertising is not going well anywhere. It is to websites what websites are to trad media - cents vs dimes vs dollars. Very hard to monetize that small screen real estate.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060b6b8ecad047412000005DuhMon, 24 Sep 2012 15:38:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060b6b8ecad047412000005
I havent seen an ad on FB in years. AdBlock works wonders. And I dont use their app either
FB has no long term business. If you're long on FB you're an idiot and know nothing about online advertising.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060b0f06bb3f7b148000003different thatn todayMon, 24 Sep 2012 15:13:52 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060b0f06bb3f7b148000003
Gates, Jobs, Ellison were from a time where emails, IMs were not really around, so how do you know what they said?
Unless they said it to a journalist in those days, it would never find its way into the public print.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060aa6decad04877800000eValleySwaggerMon, 24 Sep 2012 14:46:05 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060aa6decad04877800000e
Agreed. The FB story is about 1 billion users. More than CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox combined. This will be the narrative for years to come. People are concerned about their valuation but also about their CEO.
None of this takes away from the fact that Facebook is a very significant company.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060a9c969bedd7352000001Dr. MarioMon, 24 Sep 2012 14:43:21 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060a9c969bedd7352000001
You switched from the app to the mobile site but you are still using Facebook. Users can't be driven away because there is no where for them to be driven to.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060a4676bb3f7c832000001non-haterMon, 24 Sep 2012 14:20:23 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060a4676bb3f7c832000001
Zuckerberg can be an A##hole, that does not mean that Facebook has not been the biggest site in the last decade, and it does not mean it's not successful. Regardless of google and other companies desperately trying to copy their model, THEY have not been successful... facebook remains to be the biggest social network, a lot people complain and complain about FB, yet everyone is on it and they use it all the time.
Not liking the CEO of a company does not make a company worth less if it's being successful. I seriously believe a lot of the financial analysts that constantly throw rocks at Zuckerberg are pretty much jealous of his success specially because Zuckerberg is not an "adorable guy" and his success has been incredibly fast at a very young age.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50608d6c69bedd620900000aMike AshMon, 24 Sep 2012 12:42:20 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50608d6c69bedd620900000a
"Most of the tech legends: Gates, Jobs, Ellison were all 19'ish when they got into this industry. There are no stories about them that question their basic ethics. No one standing up to say they stole their idea. No court case/settlement. No horribly offensive transcripts. Yes, they've all been accused of being very tough, hard-nosed and difficult. Zuck has been accused of being a crook."
This is so true. Featured comment.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50608a52ecad047e3d00000fValleySwaggerMon, 24 Sep 2012 12:29:06 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50608a52ecad047e3d00000f
Most of the tech legends: Gates, Jobs, Ellison were all 19'ish when they got into this industry. There are no stories about them that question their basic ethics. No one standing up to say they stole their idea. No court case/settlement. No horribly offensive transcripts. Yes, they've all been accused of being very tough, hard-nosed and difficult. Zuck has been accused of being a crook.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060883c6bb3f73b7a00000bPhilip Morris International.Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:20:12 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060883c6bb3f73b7a00000b
Coca Cola. Johnson & Johnson. IBM. Exxon Mobil.
Will all be around in some form or another 15 years from now.
Facebook? I have no idea, so I have avoided the stock.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060882aeab8eae32a000013ValleySwaggerMon, 24 Sep 2012 12:19:54 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060882aeab8eae32a000013
You just have to love the tech geeks, especially the ones that display this bizarre "machismo" when it comes to the Facebook stock price.
It ALWAYS has to go up! It can never go down! Anyone that says it's going down is NEGATIVE!
I wish that the geeks that seem to worry about supporting Facebook would worry more about their own businesses. My hunch is you'd get more done because Zuck doesn't need your screwball support.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/506086c56bb3f7e873000011Molson UkrainianMon, 24 Sep 2012 12:13:57 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/506086c56bb3f7e873000011
Only his ego. And it was already sufficiently grown in college. Sorry dude - the key is to admire proficiency in business across industries and discipline. Just because a guy is the hero du jour in tech, doesn't make him a hero. As Sam Kinneson once said "anyone who says 'we believe, we believe' ..." ...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060830c6bb3f7576f00000bJay YarowMon, 24 Sep 2012 11:58:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5060830c6bb3f7576f00000b
He was in college when he said that. He's grown a bit since then.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/506081df6bb3f7576f000001Mr. ObviousMon, 24 Sep 2012 11:53:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/506081df6bb3f7576f000001
Hey morons - when the CEO of a company that's offering a IPO openly refers to users of his main business service as "dumb effers" because they trust him and when he's notorious for screwing over business partners, AND when he's set to leave the country the day after the IPO - DO NOT BUY THE STOCK.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/506080a1ecad049f29000012EmthaphorosMon, 24 Sep 2012 11:47:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/506080a1ecad049f29000012
No, mobile advertising is not going well. It's infuriating and driving me away. They put spam in my news feed, stupid recommendations from friends and ads from companies I would never consider doing business with. On the mobile app, I can't even make them go away by clicking hide.
All this will accomplish for Facebook is driving users away--I've already switched to viewing the mobile site in a browser rather than use the app.